Combined wash and bath tub and ironing-table.



I No. 869,790. PATENTED OUT. 29.1907.

'A.- LOMBARDO. COMBINED WASH AND BATH TUB'AND IRONING TABLE.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP AB..13, 1901.

No. 869,790. PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

A. LOMBARDO. COMBINED WASH AND BATH TUB AND IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-13, 1907.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

AUGUST LOMBARDO,

OF WASHINGTON, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE- HALF TO JOEOARSO, OF WASHINGTON, IOWA.

V COMBINED WASH AND BATH TUB AND IRONING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed March 13 1907- Serial No. 362,189.

This invention relates to improvements in combined wash and bath-tub andironing-table.

It is desirable in many instances to have a combination device, whichwill answer several purposes in a home, and, therefore, the object of myinvention is the construction of a simple and efficient device which maybe used as a washer, or a bath-tub, or an ironingtable. i

' Another object of the invention is the construction of a combinedwasher, bath-tub, and ironing-table composed of a minimum number ofparts, and which is comparatively inexpensive to construct.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

.In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a complete apparatusconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the receptacle or bath-tub removed from thesupporting-frame, and also having the cover removed therefrom. Fig. 3 isa vertical, longitudinal sectional view of the apparatus dcpictedinFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting-frame. Fig. 5 isa transverse, sectional view of the supporting-frame, showing the legsat one end in a folded position.

- Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the sides, and 2 the ends ofthe supporting-frame, which sides and ends are connected in any ordinary.manner. Transverse suppprting-members or beams 3 are secured at theirends to the sides 1, and said members or beams 3 are spaced from theends 2 of the frame, see particularly Fig. 4. members or beams 3, arelegs 4. Each leg 4 is pivotally secured, as at 5, near acorner of theframe. Each leg is beveled or rounded upon its upper end from the inneredgev 6 outwardly, so that the leg may be swung upon its pivot 5 andfolded substantially parallel with the ends 2 and members or beams 3, asillustrated in Fig. 5. When the legs are in this position, they areplaced out of the way, and, consequently, the frame does not take upmuch room, when it is desired to store or ship the same. When the legsare in their normal, vertical position, see Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the edge6 of said legs will be positioned in the same horizontal'plane with thePositioned between the ends 2 and the I upper horizontal edge of themembers or beams 3, so that said edge of the legs will engage the bottomor floor 7 of the washer body or bath-tub, normally carried by thesupporting frame.

The receptacle 'or .bath'tub comprises a bottom or floor 7, sides 8, andends 9. Each of the ends 9 is of less height than the sides 8, and theupper edge of each end is beveled, as at 10'. Upon the beveled edge 10of each end rests a wash-board 11, which wash-board constitutes part ofthe end of the body of the receptacle or bath-tub. The wash-boardspreferably overhang the inner, vertical faces of the ends 9, see Fig; 3,and each wash-board is provided with a roughened or corrugated upperface, and with ways or beveled ends formed contiguous to the sides 8(see Fig. 2) .for directing the water back into the central part of. thereceptacle or-bath-tub, when water is spilled upon the board. By reasonof the overhanging structure of the lower ends of the wash-boards, thewater does not run down the inner face of the ends. 9. Furthermore, whenthe device is being used as a bath-tub, by reason of,thc overhangingstructure of the wash-board, the same will tend to prevent the personwashing from striking any member of his body against the ends 9. It isto be noted that the sides 8 are provided with tapering extensions 8 attheir ends, between which portions the wash-boards 11 are secured.Secured at the upper end of each wash-board 11, is a reinforcing piece13, which is provided with a vertically extending guard 1 1. Asoapreceiving groove or receptacle 15 is formed upon the reinforcingboard 13, and at each end of board 13, there is formed a shallow grooveor transverse way 12, which permits water or liquid in the receptacle 15to run into the beveled portion or groove 12 and back into the body. ofthe receptacle 0r bath-tub. The guard 14 also provides a grip, as at 16,whereby the receptacle or bath-tub may be quickly lifted by a persongrasping this portion 16 thereof. Longitudinally extending, reinforcingcleats 17 (see Fig. 3) are, preferably, secured to the-undcr face of thewashboards 16 for reinforcing the same, materially increasing the lifeof the apparatus. 1

When the receptacle or bath-tub is upon the supporting-frame, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, pivotal movement of the legs 4 upon their pivots 5will be prevented, as a portion of the outer vertical edges of the legswill engage the sides '1, and the edges 6 will be in engagement with thebottom of the receptacle or bath-tub, thereby securely holding the legsin their vertical position. Furthermore, it is to be noted that byreason of the members or beams 3 being pf less thereby prevents the samefrom being displaced under normal conditions off of said frame, althoughthe same can be quickly lifted, and removed off of said frame, when itis desired.

Secured to the inner faces of the sides 8 are preferably a pair oflongitudinally-extending supportingribs 18, which terminate at theirends short of the wash-boards 11. The upper edges of these ribs 18 arebelow the horizontal plane ot' the upper edges of the sides 8, for thepurpose hereinafter specified. The

cover19 for the receptacle or bath-tub normally rests between the sides8 and reinforcing-members 13 upon the supporting ribs 18. The upper faceof the cover 19 lies flush in the same horiiontal plane with the upperhorizontal edges of the sides 8 and the reinforcing-boards 13, wherebyan ironing-table is provided upon the receptacle or bath-tub. A pair oflongitudinally-extending stops 20 are secured near each end and upon theinner face of the cover 19, and when said cover 19 is positioned uponthe supporting-ribs 18 said stops 20 are adapted to engage at theirinner ends the ends of the supporting-ribs 18, so that longitudinalmovemenkof the cover or top 20 will be prevented upon thesupporting-ribs 18, thereby normally locking said -cover in position sothat the same will. not move when being used as an ironing-table. Toaccommodate the wash-boards 1 1, the cover 19 is beveled at 21 I (Fig.3) at its ends upon its inner face.

When the apparatusis being used as a washer or as an ironing-table, itis necessary. that the receptacle or bath-tub be supported upon thesupporting-frame, so i that said receptacle or ironing-table will beraised to face of sai tion with a support, of a receptacle carried bysaid support,

said receptacle comprising a bottom, sides, and ends, the ends of lessheight than the sides, each end provided with a beveled. upper edge,inclined wash-boards positioned be tween the sides and resting upon thebeveled upper edges of the ends, reinforcing-boards secured between thesides and at the upper ends of the wash-boards and a cover positionedbetween the sides and the reinforcing boards.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of areceptacle provided with an inclined washboard, said wash-board providedupon its upper face with v a corrugated surface, said wash-board beingbeveled at its sides and at the ends of said corrugated surface, areinf0rcing-h0ard secured at the upper ends of said washboard, saidreinforcing-board provided with transverse ways or grooves and with alongitudinally-extending groove constituting acompartment, and a guardpositioned at the outer edge of said reinforcing-board and having itsupper edge positioned above said board,

3. In an apparatus of the class described, thecombination with asupport, of a receptacle carried by said support, said receptacleprovided-with an inclined wash-board, said wash board constituting apart of said receptacle, 8. longitudinally-extending reinforcing cleatsecured, to the under wash-board, and a reinforcing-board securedagainst the pper endof said wash-board.

In testiino whereof I hereunto atfix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST LOMBARDO.

, Witnesses:

H. F MAAss; C. C. WILsoN.

